Competition?

What is competition about? The desire to excel or the desire to beat everyone around you? Do both mean the same? I am not sure. Probably why I decided to write this post. I love this materialistic world, because it offers a myriad of pleasures that you can not resist. On the other hand, it drives me crazy, because I am under constant pressure to perform, to deliver, to show off, to exude confidence even when I am feeling low. Human beings are a rare species. We are ingrained with some thing called competitive spirit, which means no matter what we do, irrespective of whether we like what we are doing or not, we are still driven with a passion to be the best. I wonder why none of us has any desire to be at the last. I have not known a single guy who has the desire to be at the bottom in any field. Its funny, because I have underestimated the human competitive spirit. Its far more manipulative that I have ever given it credit for.

Now lets look at a hypothetical world, where people become happy if they stand last. Irrational? probably, but just imagine for a moment. All people at the bottom of the field are gonna make merry and all those at the top are gonna cry. Things suddenly start to become extremely simple. You don't have to do anything to be at the end. Because, while there can be only one 'first', there can be many 'lasts'. People don't do anything, people stand at the bottom and everyone is happy. Its a win-win situation. Isn't that utopia? Everyone is happy. In this real world, there is definitely lot of progress, because people try to compete with each other. But sadly, there is only one winner, and only one utopian!

And, by the way, I did not make any attempt to make this post any better than what its intended to serve.